2.16.2009

France

I am planning to takeaFrench class in Spring.I have been Paris once ... for sure I want to go back there again but I am also interested in visiting South of France which I have never been. Hope I visit there next year!

* The Center : If you want to see wonderful castles, rivers and forests(and lots of buses with Japaneses and cameras^^), go to the Loire River Valley.(Vallée de la Loire). There are some of the most beautiful castles of France : Chambord, Chenonceau, Amboise, Azay-Le-Rideau, Langeais,..And the amazing gardens of Villandry.Enter "Chambord, Villandry,..." on Google and watch the pictures.The Loire River Valley is one of the most touristy region.Beautiful rivers, forests, vineyards

* The North West - Bretagne :If you love the sea, you can go in Bretagne(in the North West of France)on the Atlantic coasts.(google "Bretagne mer") Colors are amazing, it could inspired you to paint. You eat a very typical food in Bretagne( sweet or salt crepes, cakes(Kouing amann, "far breton"), sea foods,...). A touristy region with lots of green isles, sand dunes and beautiful pebble and sand beaches. Celtic history. A land of sailors.You can ride on the beach(horses), wallk in the dunes/beach, swim, visit the harbours and admire the painters,...Rennes, Vannes, Belle-île, Brest, Saint-Malo, Quiberon,...

*The Normandie, in the North of the Bretagne : the sea, sand beaches, orchards(apples,...), a gastronomy(cheeses, apples and cakes, liquors, creams and butters,....), green plains(vineyards, orcahrds), cottages, friendliness, countryside and hedged farmlandRouen,Honfleur,Caen,...

*The South of France :- The South West : On the Atlantic Coast from Bretagne to Spain : Beaches of sand and pines, the "Dune du Pilat", surf, thalassatherapy and in the hinterland : The Pays Basque(Euskadi in Basque),a gastronomy, the vineyards, the caves of Lascaux, little castles(called bastides), museums. Bordeaux,Biarritz, saint jean de luz, saint jean pied de port,... In the South of the region : The moutains, the Pyrénées(green and high mountains where you can trek,go kayaking, just admire the natur and the lakes), the National Park(Parc national des Pyrénées)SpainThe Périgord : In the East, amazing region! Castles, cliffs, a gastronomy, very typical villages, churches,..(on google : périgord)

The South East : The coast(beaches, plains) is very different from the hinterland(gorges,plateau)The heat and sunny coast from Marseille to Italia, the Côte d'Azur(Riviera): the Mediterranean Sea, very touristy beaches, glamorous cities(Cannes, Nice, Saint Tropez. Interesting to see them of course, even if these cities are sometimes quite artificial), beautiful markets, a gastronomy(vegetables, sea foods : mediterranean cuisine), Marseille(gastronomy, old harbour,...) and Monaco. The hinterland : city of flowers and perfumes: Grasse, very typical villages, little moutains, gorges(Verdon), the natur, rivers and lakesIn the East(Italian border), the Alpes.In the West - From the Pyrénées to Marseille, the Languedoc-Roussillon : The coast : The Camargue = the delta of the river Rhône (pink flamingos, horses, bulls)! AndorreThe hinterland : Les Cévennes(green plateaus)

*The Alsace(East) : heat(very heat in Summer and very cold in Winter because of a continental climate)Amazing houses(architecture, half-timbering houses) and villages, a gastronomy, vineyards, Strasbourg(enter "Strasbourg" on Google and admire), far from a few miles of the German border, very touristy region, green region(forests, green plains)Strasbourg, Colmar, Mulhouse